Yeahh ,many people in the areas are homeless. Now , Thai people are donating some money to help Japan. That's all we can do. I hope they will be ok .By the way, i'm happy to hear from you. Please know that i and my sister are big fan of Nina chan !!!
@KOSSMON My family have been very touched by all the countries who have donated money to Japan, even countries who have experienced tsunami themselves, like Thailand.
I'm so sad when i heard about what happened in Japan. Hope you and your family and people in Japan be safe. My thought and prayers are with you guys. I'm sure you can go through this.
Like in other comments I am fascinated to see Nina's ability to write, translate,&rearrange the sentences.As a mom-to-be,I intend to raise my child to be bilingual too. I notice how you converse with Nina in English and her Mama does in Japanese. But are there any other things you do to 'train' Nina's English,esp in the structure? I'm a native SouthEastAsia country, n our languange doesnt involve tenses,etc. Wld be great if u cld share some tips of yours. Many thanks! :)
@moshi214 Thank you. The main thing we do is I try to ALWAYS speak to Nina in English while her mother (and everyone else around her) speaks to her in Japanese. We also show her some English DVDs and I read a picture book to her in English every night. That's about it. Her English is not perfect, of course, but at least she can communicate. I think the important thing is that she gets to hear me speak English at least a little bit every day.
@Asuplex We are in Nagoya, so we weren't too affected by the earthquake etc. Tokyo is closer to the nuclear power plant in Fukushima than we are. I think they are getting that situation under control, though, so you guys should be fine there.
@geofg I hope so. We still plan to head out on Friday for now (against UK FOC recommendations) but we decide on Thursday. We have some family in Miyagi so it has been quite scary (they are ok now). Most of my friends and family are in Tokyo and so ok.
It would be a shame to miss the trip and Hanano is fairly desperate to see the family. Just need to make sure I am 100% happy that it is safe. it is Tokyo though so maybe 98% and a back up plan will do.
@Asuplex I think even if there were an increase in radiation due to another explosion or something, the levels in Tokyo would still be so low that you'd have to be there a long time to get much negative effect. I can understand your trepidation, though, especially for Hanano's sake. Still, there are millions of kids in Tokyo now, so I don't think most people are too worried about it.
I just got the news from your country that you had terrible earthquakes an Tsunami. I really feel sorry for all the people living in Japan. I hope you and your family are OK.
Indonesia also suffered from Tsunami in 2004 and it was very devastating moment for us. Japan is a very strong and powerful country, we sure that you guys can overcome this tragedy as soon as possible.
Big love goes out to Nina and her family and also for people who suffered today.
wow!!! i was SOOO amazed how NINA told a story in Japanese and translated it. It is easy to tell stories in Eng and Jp, but not translation for kids- they norally dont have the translating system but she was so wonderful at it!!!!! She translated each word, then scrambled the word back to the right order!!! thats is so amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Her writing is so cute and i love it when little kids write katakana words in hiragana. its so cute! like あいすくりいむ！
@steivewonderful2007 ha ha Thanks. She's just starting to learn katakana now, so she won't be writing アイスクリイム in hiragana much longer, I suppose. I'll miss that, too. Then, once she starts elementary school, she'll start learning kanji and before you know it, I'll be depending on her to help me read things. *sigh*
When I was four, I got the chance to visit my cousins in Australia (I'm from Malaysia and my family used the Hokkien dialect primarily at home since I was born). For someone who could barely string a proper sentence in English together, I came back speaking like a native Australian (complete with the accent) 6 weeks later! It would be great if Nina could spend time with English-speaking kids her age to really boost her learning. Btw, why did cute Nina roll her eyes at "Let's Begin"? lol.
@dowachalike Australian accent in six weeks?! Wow. We will take Nina to the U.S. in the summer for a month, if possible, so it will be interesting to see if that has an affect on her accent.
She rolled her eyes when she said, "Let's begin" because she wasn't sure if it was the correct English translation for the Japanese she wrote, but was just giving it a try.
@geofg Ya, actually. Really cool thing that my dad did was he video taped us as well. He was pretty good at tech stuff back then too. He converted all that beta tape clips of us to mpeg. I must say, it is really cool to see myself when I was young and how I reacted to things and such. I'm sure Nina will feel the same when she gets to my age :)
@yuichituba That's cool your dad had the technical knowledge to do that. I haven't seen a beta tape in years. ha ha I wish I had video of myself, and more importantly, my parents from my childhood days. It would be cool to see what they were like back then.
im back in europe and im finally being able to comment on youtube videos (dont understand why i couldnt do it in korea).nina has grown up so much.i always wanted to learn japanese but gave up and stuck to korean because they only have on writing system and i thought that it would be easier,well i was wrong.
my mom and i can enoy nina's videos together again.
@maria7sda Thanks for commenting! How long were you in Korea? Did you go there to study? I have no idea how difficult Korean is compared to Japanese, but I know learning Japanese has taken A LOT longer than I thought it would.
@geofg hi.i spent 10 months in korea as an exchange student at seoul national university.my major is Korean studies,but learning asian languages is difficult but with hard work anything can be achieved.
@geofg The Korean alphabet is really easy to learn. Only 24 characters in total (less than the English alphabet). As for the language... hm, I'm not sure how hard it is to learn since I'm Korean myself, but I know that there are similarities between it and Japanese. So if you wanted to learn it now, you definitely could and you would probably find it easy to learn actually! I know Korean people have said that learning Japanese is easy. So I'm sure this works both ways.
I hope you save the booklet she made. I have this early childhood memory, of making a story book like this. It's a weird dual memory, in which I recall my mental idea of what I'd drawn, these kind of rich beach scenes...and at the same time, I remember objectively what I'd put on the page, which were pencil drawings, and not as good as these that Nina has done.
@SelfPort Interesting. I've noticed that Nina seems to knock out her drawings pretty quickly, and without too much concern for symmetry or accuracy. Perhaps she also has a rich scene in her head which she is merely representing with her simple lined drawings. We have quite a collection of Nina's drawings, love letters, books etc. by now. Hard to know how much of it to keep, but so far we've kept most of it.
@icecreampillowify I'm afraid Popo-chan doesn't get much love these days. Mostly, she just sits in the corner of Nina's room. Nina sleeps with Duffy every night, so I guess that is her favorite now.
From the picture it looks like Nina is sure a happy sleeper--Niko Niko Nina. It's interesting that she miswrote "kaetta" (go home) as "kaitta." That seems like a mistake an English speaker would make because we have "ai" but no "ae" sound (except altered in "alumnae," etc.), but a native Japanese speaker wouldn't. But she pronounced it right. It's also interesting that because she's used to writing her name with the proper katakana "ni," she miswrote the hiragana-using word "ni" with katakana.
@languageandhumor Nina also makes mistakes when speaking English that seem more like those a native English speaking child would make. I personally can't really hear the difference between かえった and かいった when embedded in the middle of a quickly pronounced sentence, but Nina obviously should be able to. With her name, she first learned to write it in hiragana as にいな but she also saw us write it in katakana as ニーナ so when she tried to write it in katakana it came out as に－ナ.
Nina speaks english VERY well-Geof is doing a great job teaching her! She's very bright, and will only get better and more fluent as she gets older. :)
I love Nina! She is so gorgeous and intelligent for her age! The video where she says sorry makes me cry because I'm always so touched at her maturity but my favourite's gotta be the Morning Nina! Too adorable! Are you planning on giving Nina any siblings? I'm sure she would be a great older sister!
@BOTDFobbsessed I try to. I speak to her in English every day and read a book to her in English every night. Unfortunately, I am the only person in her life who speaks English, so it is a big challenge. Hopefully, as Nina gets older, we can visit the U.S. more so her speaking can become more fluid.
its sad how her hand writing is better than mine XDXD she is so smart! my 2 year old nephew doesnt even know how to talk yet LOL. only small words. my favorite one is how he says Elephant - Aka. XDXD i love little kids lol
@d4v3d4sh Whether to put Nina in an international school or not is something we will consider from junior high school on. There are definitely benefits and drawbacks to both. A lot of kids I've talked to who went to international schools enjoyed feeling different, and having a unique community, but never really feel quite a part of Japanese society the way kids who go to Japanese schools do. Another option would be to send her to a school in the U.S. for a year to improve her fluency.
@JJNeepinFilms Yeah, FaithfulSpot is right. These days, many kids books are written from left to right, just like in Western books, though some still use the vertical writing style. In very old Japanese books, you can find right to left, horizontal text.
i watched ur daughter's video every day n every time before i sleep as i will get better for tomorrow..thanks for sharing her laugh n smile with us! arigato gozaimasu! Ich liebe dich, Nina!! ♥
@anisfarhanaaliman i watched her video every day! i even suggested to my friends if they want to release their stressed and have a good time to smile and laugh..just watch Nina..her laugh and smile is a good medicine for all~ love Nina..u inspired me to learn Japanese and other languages more!! XD
@anisfarhanaaliman You're both welcome! And, thanks! For me, too, after I've had a stressful day at work, having little Nina at home to greet me always cheers me up.
Nina is so adorable. Seeing her smiling face brings a smile to my own. She's such a precious child! I also went through other videos (new subscriber) and I loved the video of her making up after a fight. So heartfelt and sincere! :)
Recently a number of Japanese students from a school in Japan came to my school in Malaysia, for a cultural exchange program. Most of them, could hardly speak in English, and it was also difficult for them to even understand what we tried to say, most of the time we had to use body language to communicate. We had fun, though. But it's really intriguing to see that Nina is learning from a very early age like this. She's a prodigy. and is blessed to have devoted and loving parents like you.
@ahmadluqman Thanks! Of course, Nina has an advantage over other Japanese people who try to learn English because she has a native speaker (me) to listen to every day. I teach English to Japaense junior and senior high school students, so I know how tough it is for them when they don't have that daily exposure to the language. I'm glad you still had fun with them, though.
someone has to have accidentally clicked on the dislike button. there's no way any sane person would dislike any of your videos particularly with Nina in it.
*squeals for eternity* She's so adorable! Her handwriting is even cuter! Do you ever feel like crying tears of joy when she gives you hand-made things (cards, drawing, etc)? I do that when my niece or nephew would do that. xDD It's so heart-touching.
@Merichuu Yes, Nina is in a "writing love letters" stage now. She writes them to me, and to Mama, and to her daycare teacher, and to her friends... ha ha
I randomly found her videos in my college days and thought: so adorable! I forgot about this channel until around last month.. and somehow randomly found my way back and I was so surprised on how much she has grown! What didn't surprise me is how smart she is becoming, she has always been very bright~ I enjoy watching her English improve as well ^^ I love languages, so I hope I may have the same patience as you do, on my own child one day to teach them my parents languages + English. ♥Go Ni~na♥
@chibikonkon Thank you! When I look back at some of Nina's older videos, I'm also amazed by how much she has grown and changed. It all happens so quickly with children!
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lol I almost died when i saw the "hugging picture"! tooo cute XD
MakeMusicMakeup 1 month ago
I haven't seen Nina video for awhile. She is such a sweetie. She brings sunshine to my day! Tell her to keep writing !!
silverrune17 1 month ago in playlist More videos from geofg
I love you Nina..this is my third day being stuck in front of my laptop just because to watch you. u remind me of my little sister. :)
LynazPediatrik 9 months ago
@LynazPediatrik How old is your little sister now?
geofg 9 months ago
@geofg she will turns three this June. :)
LynazPediatrik 9 months ago
@geofg she will turns three this June.
LynazPediatrik 9 months ago
What was she doing with her face in the first part? Haha she is such a bright and cute kid :) Love her! :) Love from the Philippines! <3
BeaBeReppin 10 months ago
@BeaBeReppin She wasn't sure if "Let's begin" was the right English or not, so her expression showed her doubt.
geofg 10 months ago
@geofg Haha well I couldn't care less she's so cute! I've been watching her videos since she was like 3. Will you say hi to Nina for me? :) - Bea x
BeaBeReppin 10 months ago
@geofg
nuna loved nina's little story...! she hopes you all are ok in japan!
/watch?v=w0lftHeJL7Q
zedsj 11 months ago
@zedsj Tell Nuna we are in Nagoya, which was not damaged by the earthquake, so we are fine!
geofg 11 months ago
Yeahh ,many people in the areas are homeless. Now , Thai people are donating some money to help Japan. That's all we can do. I hope they will be ok .By the way, i'm happy to hear from you. Please know that i and my sister are big fan of Nina chan !!!
KOSSMON 11 months ago
@KOSSMON My family have been very touched by all the countries who have donated money to Japan, even countries who have experienced tsunami themselves, like Thailand.
Thanks for the comment!
geofg 11 months ago
yay i can read the book! ^___^
CuBicHexJAxMami 11 months ago
@CuBicHexJAxMami ha ha Nina's hiragana is a little strange in a couple places, but I'm glad you could read it!
geofg 11 months ago
I'm so sad when i heard about what happened in Japan. Hope you and your family and people in Japan be safe. My thought and prayers are with you guys. I'm sure you can go through this.
KOSSMON 11 months ago
@KOSSMON Thank you! We will be fine. We just worry about how people in the devastated areas will be able to rebuild their lives.
geofg 11 months ago
Dear Nina's Papa,
Like in other comments I am fascinated to see Nina's ability to write, translate,&rearrange the sentences.As a mom-to-be,I intend to raise my child to be bilingual too. I notice how you converse with Nina in English and her Mama does in Japanese. But are there any other things you do to 'train' Nina's English,esp in the structure? I'm a native SouthEastAsia country, n our languange doesnt involve tenses,etc. Wld be great if u cld share some tips of yours. Many thanks! :)
moshi214 11 months ago
@moshi214 Thank you. The main thing we do is I try to ALWAYS speak to Nina in English while her mother (and everyone else around her) speaks to her in Japanese. We also show her some English DVDs and I read a picture book to her in English every night. That's about it. Her English is not perfect, of course, but at least she can communicate. I think the important thing is that she gets to hear me speak English at least a little bit every day.
geofg 11 months ago
@geofg That sounds like EXACTLY what we do with Hanano but in reverse of course. Hope you and the family are ok, I don't know what area you are in.
We are supposed to be flying out to Tokyo on Friday.
Asuplex 11 months ago
@Asuplex We are in Nagoya, so we weren't too affected by the earthquake etc. Tokyo is closer to the nuclear power plant in Fukushima than we are. I think they are getting that situation under control, though, so you guys should be fine there.
geofg 11 months ago
@geofg I hope so. We still plan to head out on Friday for now (against UK FOC recommendations) but we decide on Thursday. We have some family in Miyagi so it has been quite scary (they are ok now). Most of my friends and family are in Tokyo and so ok.
It would be a shame to miss the trip and Hanano is fairly desperate to see the family. Just need to make sure I am 100% happy that it is safe. it is Tokyo though so maybe 98% and a back up plan will do.
Asuplex 11 months ago
@Asuplex I think even if there were an increase in radiation due to another explosion or something, the levels in Tokyo would still be so low that you'd have to be there a long time to get much negative effect. I can understand your trepidation, though, especially for Hanano's sake. Still, there are millions of kids in Tokyo now, so I don't think most people are too worried about it.
geofg 11 months ago
@geofg Yes I think so, it's just tough with kids though. Tonight / Tomorrow we decide.
Asuplex 11 months ago
@moshi214 Oh, and congratulations on your pregnancy!
geofg 11 months ago
oww..her drawing skill is good..when i was at her age i even cant draw like that..i just draw a weirld line all over the drawing book..LOL
MsFesty 11 months ago
Nina is helping me learn Japanese! Arigato Nina chan!
ladyodessasilvererg 11 months ago
@ladyodessasilvererg She helps me, too!
geofg 11 months ago
Dear Nina and her father Mr.Geofg,
I just got the news from your country that you had terrible earthquakes an Tsunami. I really feel sorry for all the people living in Japan. I hope you and your family are OK.
Indonesia also suffered from Tsunami in 2004 and it was very devastating moment for us. Japan is a very strong and powerful country, we sure that you guys can overcome this tragedy as soon as possible.
Big love goes out to Nina and her family and also for people who suffered today.
^^
MetaMedaa 1 year ago
wow!!! i was SOOO amazed how NINA told a story in Japanese and translated it. It is easy to tell stories in Eng and Jp, but not translation for kids- they norally dont have the translating system but she was so wonderful at it!!!!! She translated each word, then scrambled the word back to the right order!!! thats is so amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Her writing is so cute and i love it when little kids write katakana words in hiragana. its so cute! like あいすくりいむ！
steivewonderful2007 1 year ago 2
@steivewonderful2007 ha ha Thanks. She's just starting to learn katakana now, so she won't be writing アイスクリイム in hiragana much longer, I suppose. I'll miss that, too. Then, once she starts elementary school, she'll start learning kanji and before you know it, I'll be depending on her to help me read things. *sigh*
geofg 1 year ago 9
she is so creative to be making up stories and drawing pictures along with them. such a talented little girl! adorable and amazing! <3
curiousbooges 1 year ago
When I was four, I got the chance to visit my cousins in Australia (I'm from Malaysia and my family used the Hokkien dialect primarily at home since I was born). For someone who could barely string a proper sentence in English together, I came back speaking like a native Australian (complete with the accent) 6 weeks later! It would be great if Nina could spend time with English-speaking kids her age to really boost her learning. Btw, why did cute Nina roll her eyes at "Let's Begin"? lol.
dowachalike 1 year ago
@dowachalike Australian accent in six weeks?! Wow. We will take Nina to the U.S. in the summer for a month, if possible, so it will be interesting to see if that has an affect on her accent.
She rolled her eyes when she said, "Let's begin" because she wasn't sure if it was the correct English translation for the Japanese she wrote, but was just giving it a try.
geofg 1 year ago
@dowachalike haha yeah she did! LOL I just noticed,
the8lackra88it 11 months ago
These vlogs are great. They're such well-made documentations that you're making of her growing up instead of writing diaries or taking pictures.
yuichituba 1 year ago
@yuichituba Do they bring back any memories for you from your own childhood?
geofg 1 year ago
@geofg Ya, actually. Really cool thing that my dad did was he video taped us as well. He was pretty good at tech stuff back then too. He converted all that beta tape clips of us to mpeg. I must say, it is really cool to see myself when I was young and how I reacted to things and such. I'm sure Nina will feel the same when she gets to my age :)
yuichituba 1 year ago
@yuichituba That's cool your dad had the technical knowledge to do that. I haven't seen a beta tape in years. ha ha I wish I had video of myself, and more importantly, my parents from my childhood days. It would be cool to see what they were like back then.
geofg 1 year ago
her english has significantly improved! she's getting a hold of all the tenses and stuff at a very young age :) I'm delighted! great job, papa! :D
vanbelle 1 year ago
im back in europe and im finally being able to comment on youtube videos (dont understand why i couldnt do it in korea).nina has grown up so much.i always wanted to learn japanese but gave up and stuck to korean because they only have on writing system and i thought that it would be easier,well i was wrong.
my mom and i can enoy nina's videos together again.
maria7sda 1 year ago
@maria7sda Thanks for commenting! How long were you in Korea? Did you go there to study? I have no idea how difficult Korean is compared to Japanese, but I know learning Japanese has taken A LOT longer than I thought it would.
geofg 1 year ago
@geofg hi.i spent 10 months in korea as an exchange student at seoul national university.my major is Korean studies,but learning asian languages is difficult but with hard work anything can be achieved.
maria7sda 1 year ago
@geofg The Korean alphabet is really easy to learn. Only 24 characters in total (less than the English alphabet). As for the language... hm, I'm not sure how hard it is to learn since I'm Korean myself, but I know that there are similarities between it and Japanese. So if you wanted to learn it now, you definitely could and you would probably find it easy to learn actually! I know Korean people have said that learning Japanese is easy. So I'm sure this works both ways.
angle021 1 year ago
I hope you save the booklet she made. I have this early childhood memory, of making a story book like this. It's a weird dual memory, in which I recall my mental idea of what I'd drawn, these kind of rich beach scenes...and at the same time, I remember objectively what I'd put on the page, which were pencil drawings, and not as good as these that Nina has done.
SelfPort 1 year ago
@SelfPort Interesting. I've noticed that Nina seems to knock out her drawings pretty quickly, and without too much concern for symmetry or accuracy. Perhaps she also has a rich scene in her head which she is merely representing with her simple lined drawings. We have quite a collection of Nina's drawings, love letters, books etc. by now. Hard to know how much of it to keep, but so far we've kept most of it.
geofg 1 year ago
where's popo chan? nina chan what's your favorite toy?
icecreampillowify 1 year ago
@icecreampillowify I'm afraid Popo-chan doesn't get much love these days. Mostly, she just sits in the corner of Nina's room. Nina sleeps with Duffy every night, so I guess that is her favorite now.
geofg 1 year ago
she is soooo intelligent. SHE IS ACTUALLY translating now.!!!!!!!!!!
GAEUL1985 1 year ago
ニーナちゃん可愛い～：Ｄいつも二ーナ先生から英語を学ばせてもらってます：Ｄ
LL7364 1 year ago
She is so cute!!!
gggnana 1 year ago
what happen to pooh-san? ^^ haha
nursyazaG 1 year ago
@nursyazaG Pooh-san is in the bottom of Nina's toy box, I'm afraid.
geofg 1 year ago
I learned Hiragana by myself, but I think for me it's hard to learn how to write something together with Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji
qendu 1 year ago
@qendu Indeed, it is a long, arduous process, especially for an adult.
geofg 1 year ago
From the picture it looks like Nina is sure a happy sleeper--Niko Niko Nina. It's interesting that she miswrote "kaetta" (go home) as "kaitta." That seems like a mistake an English speaker would make because we have "ai" but no "ae" sound (except altered in "alumnae," etc.), but a native Japanese speaker wouldn't. But she pronounced it right. It's also interesting that because she's used to writing her name with the proper katakana "ni," she miswrote the hiragana-using word "ni" with katakana.
languageandhumor 1 year ago
@languageandhumor Nina also makes mistakes when speaking English that seem more like those a native English speaking child would make. I personally can't really hear the difference between かえった and かいった when embedded in the middle of a quickly pronounced sentence, but Nina obviously should be able to. With her name, she first learned to write it in hiragana as にいな but she also saw us write it in katakana as ニーナ so when she tried to write it in katakana it came out as に－ナ.
geofg 1 year ago
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languageandhumor 1 year ago
Nina speaks english VERY well-Geof is doing a great job teaching her! She's very bright, and will only get better and more fluent as she gets older. :)
grommie959 1 year ago
Woow! ^ ^ she is amazing! How old is she now?
moonhae 1 year ago
@moonhae Thanks! She is five.
geofg 1 year ago
Great daughter you have, geofg!
meloochan 1 year ago
watashi wa Nina-chan ga daisuki!! (^___^) she is sooo ADORABLE. **chuu~
pepilopipo 1 year ago
I love Nina! She is so gorgeous and intelligent for her age! The video where she says sorry makes me cry because I'm always so touched at her maturity but my favourite's gotta be the Morning Nina! Too adorable! Are you planning on giving Nina any siblings? I'm sure she would be a great older sister!
dbskxD 1 year ago
@dbskxD No, we're done as parents, but we do make sure that Nina has lots of time to spend with her friends.
geofg 1 year ago
You should work on making her more english like to speak it fluently so that when shes older she'll be fluent in both languages :3
BOTDFobbsessed 1 year ago
@BOTDFobbsessed I try to. I speak to her in English every day and read a book to her in English every night. Unfortunately, I am the only person in her life who speaks English, so it is a big challenge. Hopefully, as Nina gets older, we can visit the U.S. more so her speaking can become more fluid.
geofg 1 year ago
I'm excited for her birthday. I just love watching little Nina grow up.
Abby6489 1 year ago
What a wonderful recount of a lovely trip! Think there's some real writing talent here! Keep it up Nina xxx
aoiskies 1 year ago
its sad how her hand writing is better than mine XDXD she is so smart! my 2 year old nephew doesnt even know how to talk yet LOL. only small words. my favorite one is how he says Elephant - Aka. XDXD i love little kids lol
Julliaz 1 year ago
Nina is absolutely adorable. Seeing her videos brightens up my day. ^_^
haylz27 1 year ago
Here comes my favorite part of getting online,
seeing Nina's developmental progress.
Intelligent, perceptive and expressive...
not mentioing cute, adorable
(as if I am convincing anyone for some position ^__^)
seeing Nina makes my day.
Thank you geofg (and her mom) for allowing us to enjoy your darling daughter.
thewoodie2011 1 year ago 18
@thewoodie2011 Thanks!
geofg 1 year ago
Nina is much smarter than me. She already knows her hiragana
usaverageguy 1 year ago
@usaverageguy ha ha She's working on her katakana now, though she still can't read the kanji for "sake". I learned that one my third day in Japan.
geofg 1 year ago 4
@usaverageguy
But she'll spend half her life learning all of it
michiyoyoshiku 1 year ago
Nina's smiling even while sleeping :D
Archronos1 1 year ago
@Archronos1 ha ha And, she actually really does smile when she sleeps sometimes.
geofg 1 year ago
Nina is so young and she already has so many fans and im one of theeeem <3 :D
NightdarkLP 1 year ago
:D I LOVE the relaxing picture mister geofg, and i can definitely say that i know much more japanese now! thanks to nina, kisses!!
lifemango 1 year ago
Nice! Thanks for the Nihongo lesson, Nina.
SkySho116 1 year ago
I love youuuuuuu NINA!!!!
paangz 1 year ago
nina so cute :D i think she should study at international school to improve her english accent. but it just my opinion :p
d4v3d4sh 1 year ago
@d4v3d4sh Whether to put Nina in an international school or not is something we will consider from junior high school on. There are definitely benefits and drawbacks to both. A lot of kids I've talked to who went to international schools enjoyed feeling different, and having a unique community, but never really feel quite a part of Japanese society the way kids who go to Japanese schools do. Another option would be to send her to a school in the U.S. for a year to improve her fluency.
geofg 1 year ago
i love the way you correcting her words when they went wrong :)
mmaannjjaa 1 year ago
OK>>>WHOOO DISLIKE THIS VIDEO????
bahrainTVchannel 1 year ago
Is it me, or is her hiragana reading left to right, I thought it was right to left? Or is it because she's doing english at the same time?
JJNeepinFilms 1 year ago
@JJNeepinFilms I believe they only write right to left if they're writing vertically. If they're writing horizontally, then it's the same as us.
FaithfulSpot 1 year ago
@FaithfulSpot oh i see. ty
JJNeepinFilms 1 year ago
@JJNeepinFilms Yeah, FaithfulSpot is right. These days, many kids books are written from left to right, just like in Western books, though some still use the vertical writing style. In very old Japanese books, you can find right to left, horizontal text.
geofg 1 year ago
ニーナちゃん
かわゆすなぁ
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barizougon 1 year ago
i watched ur daughter's video every day n every time before i sleep as i will get better for tomorrow..thanks for sharing her laugh n smile with us! arigato gozaimasu! Ich liebe dich, Nina!! ♥
azuecD9887 1 year ago
Congratulations for your lovely daughter.
Fedende 1 year ago
I fall in love this little girl
aaaa Nina = Sweet girl ♥
Timesounds 1 year ago
how cute !! Nina
and then you made me RELAXED ! =D
oNANAo 1 year ago
i had a bad day today, but after watching nina, it all slips away :)
anisfarhanaaliman 1 year ago
@anisfarhanaaliman i watched her video every day! i even suggested to my friends if they want to release their stressed and have a good time to smile and laugh..just watch Nina..her laugh and smile is a good medicine for all~ love Nina..u inspired me to learn Japanese and other languages more!! XD
azuecD9887 1 year ago 2
@azuecD9887 i know, nina has been a good stress reliever.. thanks to nina and nina's papa
anisfarhanaaliman 1 year ago
@anisfarhanaaliman You're both welcome! And, thanks! For me, too, after I've had a stressful day at work, having little Nina at home to greet me always cheers me up.
geofg 1 year ago
Great technique to get her to learn both languages ^_^ wish i had that when i was litle!
pipster06 1 year ago
CUTE !!!!!!!!!!!
crisiscoreffv2 1 year ago
What a nice story Nina-chan :D! Hope to see more stories ahead~
Luv, Lulu from UAE
shaddayah 1 year ago
That is too cute! She's so smart. Good job mom and dad!
lori8973 1 year ago
Nina is so adorable. Seeing her smiling face brings a smile to my own. She's such a precious child! I also went through other videos (new subscriber) and I loved the video of her making up after a fight. So heartfelt and sincere! :)
himafu 1 year ago
nina's videos r a stress buster 4 me :)
u mAKe me smile nina,i luv u!!!!!!
shiralib 1 year ago
nina's videos r work as a stress buster!!!!!
m ur fan nina :)
shiralib 1 year ago
Awesome! She is so good at English as her 2nd language!!
DaKirztah 1 year ago
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emmymadeinjapan 1 year ago
Thanks again for sharing Nina with us. You & your wife should be proud to have raised such a lovely girl :)
emmymadeinjapan 1 year ago
Recently a number of Japanese students from a school in Japan came to my school in Malaysia, for a cultural exchange program. Most of them, could hardly speak in English, and it was also difficult for them to even understand what we tried to say, most of the time we had to use body language to communicate. We had fun, though. But it's really intriguing to see that Nina is learning from a very early age like this. She's a prodigy. and is blessed to have devoted and loving parents like you.
ahmadluqman 1 year ago
@ahmadluqman Thanks! Of course, Nina has an advantage over other Japanese people who try to learn English because she has a native speaker (me) to listen to every day. I teach English to Japaense junior and senior high school students, so I know how tough it is for them when they don't have that daily exposure to the language. I'm glad you still had fun with them, though.
geofg 1 year ago
awwwwwwww! So cute!!!!!! gotta sub to this channel!
ploysr08 1 year ago
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nice nails nina ;)
chillax991 1 year ago
nice nails nina ;)
chillax991 1 year ago
Im in loveeeeee with Nina.
sweetdzul 1 year ago
someone has to have accidentally clicked on the dislike button. there's no way any sane person would dislike any of your videos particularly with Nina in it.
heomak 1 year ago 3
:D awww <3
midori1 1 year ago
sooo cute :D i liked the hugging part of the story, really adorable :D
JallieNarz 1 year ago
wow what a smart girl. Its amazing how she translates it so clearly for her age
vivoavacato 1 year ago
i love her cheeks. she's like a bunny.
sunflowerparasol 1 year ago
*squeals for eternity* She's so adorable! Her handwriting is even cuter! Do you ever feel like crying tears of joy when she gives you hand-made things (cards, drawing, etc)? I do that when my niece or nephew would do that. xDD It's so heart-touching.
Merichuu 1 year ago
@Merichuu Yes, Nina is in a "writing love letters" stage now. She writes them to me, and to Mama, and to her daycare teacher, and to her friends... ha ha
geofg 1 year ago 3
ニナの日本語は元上手ですね~
Is it wrong that I'm jealous she know more Japanese than me?
TokyoNerd 1 year ago
@TokyoNerd Well, it is her first language. Her Japanese ability surpassed my own when she was three!
geofg 1 year ago
@geofg
lol. Hopefully someday we'll all be as good as she is.
TokyoNerd 1 year ago
so so cute, shes awesome.
ZuluSmasher 1 year ago
Nina,how sweet to speak in Japaness & English Miss you dear:))
pinpon127 1 year ago
Duffy... as in that bear from Disney?? :^D I saw it like 1 billion times at disney~
Aww Nina, cute as always <33
pokemongurl93 1 year ago
@pokemongurl93 Yes, Duffy the Disney bear. She sleeps with Duffy every night.
geofg 1 year ago
@geofg That's so cute! Say Hi to Duffy, and Nina for me :^D
pokemongurl93 1 year ago
how can she already speak and write 2 languages? thats great
Platinumpitviper 1 year ago
@Platinumpitviper Some children grow up bilingual :^D
pokemongurl93 1 year ago
@pokemongurl93 i know but its still amazing i couldnt learn a new one if i tried
Platinumpitviper 1 year ago
@Platinumpitviper don't say that! it's not as hard as it seems. I grew up bilingual and I'm studying Japanese also :3
pokemongurl93 1 year ago
@Platinumpitviper She was born into it. It's not hard for kids her age to learn multiple languages.
Niknerdface 1 year ago
Nina totally so adorable.... luv nina so much ^_^
lovelya26 1 year ago
I randomly found her videos in my college days and thought: so adorable! I forgot about this channel until around last month.. and somehow randomly found my way back and I was so surprised on how much she has grown! What didn't surprise me is how smart she is becoming, she has always been very bright~ I enjoy watching her English improve as well ^^ I love languages, so I hope I may have the same patience as you do, on my own child one day to teach them my parents languages + English. ♥Go Ni~na♥
chibikonkon 1 year ago
@chibikonkon Thank you! When I look back at some of Nina's older videos, I'm also amazed by how much she has grown and changed. It all happens so quickly with children!
geofg 1 year ago
nina can teach us now~! ^^
LoveYamachan 1 year ago
awww! so cute :)
LeahSaysHello 1 year ago
YAY! New Nina video :) She makes me so happy<3 My little sister is named Nina too :/ but shes not that cute anymore,lol!!
lovewillkillusall 1 year ago
i want to get married....!!
gorilalfa 1 year ago
Aww, what a sweet story!
bemoreunique 1 year ago
its a nice story and her drawing! thank you! :D
takeshibelieve 1 year ago
Great job Nina ^^ love your drawing
joyeejck 1 year ago
aww i love how she translate everything so well =D good job Nina
lovely9003 1 year ago 50
=) Hugz to Nina xx. Adorable.
3333Iris 1 year ago
Awww! I love the cute little faces she drew ! X3 She's so adorable! <3
ladypyramidhead 1 year ago
aww it is so cutie shes really smart and beautiful
LUISDIAZ27 1 year ago
Nina's so ADORABLE. <3 I love her D:
fruitiesthabbo 1 year ago 72